aba therapist

autism support professional

behavior technician

clinical supervisor

interventionist

Autism Spectrum Interventions

This company unfortunately is designed to gain training and experience that you can express on paper to your next employer that hopefully can provide more stability and professionalism. I worked for this company for  over five years,  unfortunately you may get attached to the nature of your work and the bondings with children you may work with during key developmental years. 
This company will punish you for showing any care for your client or student and you will encounter  moments where you will need to explain away the confusion with your companies training staff or choices to Long Beach unified staff. They will make excuses and take advantage of their own system for pay raises and attendance benefits. Its a very unprofessional And toxic environment in the office , if you have any issues with staff such as harassment you’re experiencing from their training staff, management or other, they will find a way to get rid of you rather than change the behavior of their people. It seems that they are all friends in the office  including HR. There is no third party to contact if you ever feel
You need support or help in any wrong doing on their part.   You may experience many minor or significant injuries on the job and Asi does not provide convenient worker’s compensation benefits as well as will try to fight you on ca sick leave hours. They are always seeking benefits for themselves and when the company announces advancement it is most commonly regarding the office staff and more recognition for them , birthday parties , provided office snacks etc. 
They don’t express gratitude towards interventionists that  carry this company. The office is a mess and they will often get you confused with others and give out confidential information  and make you just through hoops to help you with your needs. If I had a special needs child or friend with one, I would be embarrassed to recommend. This agency single handedly make me change my career path because they have highlighted the dark side and sadness of this field. Go in with a cold heart.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at the company was working with your peers, the BT’s and the BCBA’s worked hard with the clients to make sure they were happy and were reaching their goals. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part was that this was meant to be an entry level position but they automatically expected mid-level/intermediate expertise after two weeks of training. No one was able to help you not even your clinical director. The only aide you had was to reach out to the other office admin from the other clinics but even they were busy. Also managing inventory for the clinic was stressful because they were cutting our funds.


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment and culture can be seen through two different perspectives, you have your team of BCBA’s and BT’s that were the stars of the whole operation, taking care and monitoring the process of the clients. And you had your clinical director who was demanding of your abilities even though you did your best or needed extra training. Putting the last office admin on a pedestal did not serve well for the person coming in starting out the position. I think they should require someone with at least of year of experience in health insurance claims vs. a whole newbie. And also the stress of the budget cuts was unfair to us all. But the culture of asking for help or not communicating on what was taught during those two weeks was quite demeaning with comments about my learning ability vs. the previous OA’s capabilities.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I would open the clinic and made sure that it was ready for operations, I would set up the tables and desks.
Next I would be checking the attendance of the children every two hours and would do some administrative/clerical work in between those duties.
Including, but not limited to: answering phone calls, monitoring emails as well as other communication platforms. Working on clinical operations, flyers for Saturday events for the clients, leading surveys for the parents and relaying those results with the BCBAs.

I was hired in ASI on September. I was looking at expanding my career with helping children with autism. I was fortunate enough to get accepted with this job because I had a situation with transportation. A lot of ABA  companies don't hire people with unreliable transportation. Luckily, I was accepted. However, during the orientation and moving forward with the hiring forms I was given so much miscommunication and frustration with HR. I had to text and email them when will I'l receive certain links to help me move forward with this hiring process. There was always late responses, me being ghosted by them and I felt they were useless. Luckily my trainer was very informative and helpful with reaching out to them but it was still a long process. This process took two or three months after I was hired. I was told for me to move forward and get my schedule I need to get a live scan. I went to get my live scan and I spend $99 for the live scan ! I was told that I needed a form but ASI never gave me that form. I end up getting a form from the live scan office because I wanted to move forward with the hiring process. I sent the forms to HR and they said I need to do it again. I was confused because the live scan was successful but ASI said it wasn't. I was furious because I spend money that was useless. They said they would reimburse me if I did it again but I decline because at that point I was over it. In conclusion if you get hired here be prepare for a huge headache and a waste of money. 

I have been working with ASI for 2 years now and I’ve had an unbelievable growing experience in my professional career in Behavior Analysis. I began working with ASI with a bachelor’s degree in general psychology and just a couple years later, through the opportunities that ASI offers to improve its staff’s education, I now have a master’s degree in ABA. From the very start of my ASI experience I have received the training, help and continual support I need from amazing supervisors and trainers. ASI does a great job offering the training and support its staff needs in order to feel well prepared and confident in the field. If you are someone really interested in education, children, and special needs, I recommend you join the ASI team today! You will not regret it. I’ve grown more than I could have ever imagined when I first applied. You can get as far as you want in this field. ASI wants everyone to grow and improve every day. You will realize that the small steps you give along the way with ASI will help shape you into a more confident, compassionate, understanding and patient person not only in your professional career but also in your community.
Being part of the ASI team will give you the opportunity to work at schools and homes. Best of all, ASI does an amazing job working with your schedule and the staff and founder of ASI are all very approachable. That’s a plus! Great opportunities, growth and approachable staff. It can not get better than this.

ASI genuinely cares about the staff and the clients. There have been many new incentives to stay at ASI in 2017. ASI OFFERS TONS Mon. - Fri. OF MORNING, NOON and AFTERNOON work, as afternoon, evening and weekend work. Base pay for all direct intervention staff has been raised. BCBA students continue to get free supervision for their hours. MFTis get free supervision for their hours as well. BCBAs receive generous stipends for CEUs; $500 per year. All salaried staff are eligible to receive medical insurance, sick time, vacation time, tons of paid holidays. ASI reaches out to the staff to find out what they want. ASI staff wanted to go on for their BCBA; ASI formed a relationship with a major university to facility the opportunity to complete all the education for the BCBA in under a year and a half and under $15,000. ASI staff get what they need to be ready for today clients. All new staff receive over 40 hours of training that makes them eligible to sit for the RBT exam. If you are looking to help individuals with special needs today, and empower yourself for today, tomorrow and the future ASI should be at the top of your list to apply for a job. No, experience necessary, we have thorough and free training series.

As a BCBA, organization, communication, and ethical practice are essential to providing quality services. Unfortunately, my experience with Alongside was extremely disappointing.
The company is highly disorganized, with frequent miscommunication, last-minute changes, and unclear expectations. Schedules, policies, and procedures were inconsistent, making it difficult to plan clinically appropriate services or support staff effectively. Important information was often missing or contradicted, and follow-up was unreliable.
This level of disorganization not only created unnecessary stress for clinicians but also raised concerns about the company’s ability to support clients and staff in a professional and ethical manner. I expected a much higher standard from an organization working in the ABA field.
I would not recommend Alongside to BCBAs or other professionals who value structure, transparency, and effective leadership.

You get to work with kids and help them, but the journey to actually being able to do it is insanely long and unnecessary. I started working for the company on May 6 and that was when I started training. After training, you have to take a test to prove that you're suitable for this job and that you understand the things you've been trained to do. But the test is like two weeks to almost a month after training, and in that time you don't get work and you don't get paid. If you fail, you get another chance to take it, but then that's another few weeks. You only get two tries to take the test and if you fail the second time, you're let go. so the process to get hired is long and unnecessary...It's July 7th, and I'm just getting on my first case. And the hours are horrible. I'm working nine hours a week. I've been with the company for two months and it's not great...but it's a job.

So far working for this company has been good. I really do wish the training wasn't through online, that it was in person. Although, doing online training did have a benefit of being flexible to do at any time of the day. In the beginning it was kind of rough scheduling for my overlap home case, that's where the communication lacked. Now, I'm so glad that the collaborating team that I am in has very good communication with my home cases.  My BCBA supervisors are fantastic! They are very detailed in suggestions and are constantly asking what I think may help. For my school case I have never heard from my supervisor at all, nor even received a call back. All of my communication and vice versa goes through my peers around me at the school which includes the BCBA supervisor who is for the student I do 1:1 with! The classroom setting and my coworkers around me are EXCELLENT!  When I send out emails about any questions that I have the response is very consistent which I love!

What’s great about this company is they hire you regardless if you have experience or not. Prior to COVID, you got to work on both school and home cases. The one thing I don’t like about this company is sometimes supervision can be a bit unethical. I had one supervisor who had a my way or the highway mentality and if I did what he told me to do and it didn’t work he would blame me for it. Another supervisor I had wasn’t very helpful. I text messaged her about discussing some problems I had with a home case and she didn’t even respond. Ironically, when she would supervise me she would be on her phone more than she would actually be supervising.  However, I’ve had supervisors that were really good and helpful, so I didn’t let a few bad apples ruin the bunch. I recommend ASI if you have no experience and want to get started in the field. 

I really enjoyed my time with San Diego ABA, now known as Alongside ABA. The leadership handled the transition really well, considering all the moving parts. The BCBA team overall is really seasoned and there is a ton of collaboration that happens at the office. I was very satisfied with the RBTs that were brought on - many of them came in with experience. As a BCBA in the field for many years, the billable hour expectation was lower and very fair compared to other ABA agencies in San Diego.. Also, the bonus system for the SD region was extremely motivating and obtainable. I felt like my work/life balance was healthy and my stress was low, considering everything we deal with in the field as a BCBA!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Aba therapist 143 salaries reported	$23.36 per hour
Autism support professional 39 salaries reported	$24.08 per hour
Behavior technician 56 salaries reported	$24.03 per hour
Clinical supervisor 35 salaries reported	$88,971 per year
Interventionist 3 salaries reported	$17.67 per hour

Working at Alongside ABA: Company Overview and Reviews

Alongside ABA

Alongside ABA Ratings

Popular jobs at Alongside ABA

Salary Satisfaction

Job Seeker Tools

Employer Tools

Browse

Stay Connected